The New Orleans Data Story

New Orleans ACT scores are on par with other comparable districts.

New Orleans is performing as well or better than other districts with comparable student populations nationwide. Among similar districts, New Orleans ranks 4th in ACT performance.

New Orleans Students Have Made Dramatic Progress in Closing the Achievement Gap

New Orleans students have nearly caught up to their peers on statewide assessments in English, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Students from low-income backgrounds, who make up over 80% of the public school population, have improved at an even faster rate than the city’s average. Click here to learn more about the progress that New Orleans students are making.

New Orleans Has Nearly Eliminated Failing Schools

In 2004, 60% of New Orleans students – some 40,000 kids – went to a school that performed in the bottom tenth of all Louisiana public schools, according state-issued School Performance Scores (SPS). In 2016, just 10% of our students attended a school in the bottom tenth in Louisiana. You can read more about NSNO’s efforts to get the number to zero here.

Graduation rates in New Orleans exceed state averages among key groups of students.

Black students and economically disadvantaged students – typically underserved in traditional public schools – are graduating at rates higher than their peers across Louisiana. Click here to learn more about the progress New Orleans students are making!

A holistic approach to special education

1/22/18

Nicole Mayeux is the Transition Coordinator at Cohen College Prep and a 2016 New Orleans Excellence in Teaching Award winner. When we asked her why she teaches, she shared with us the following. One word haunted me during my first year teaching—… Read More